双语有声阅读:Caspian Crisis Cuts Caviar Catch 里海危机
时间：2019-01-30 作者：英语课 分类：双语有声阅读
Caspian Crisis Cuts Caviar Catch 里海危机致使鱼子酱产量大幅降低
Russian caviar stocks are dwindling 1 fast
俄国鱼子酱库存迅猛减少
Gourmets 3 are going to have to pay a lot more for their black caviar this year if they can find it at all.
Russia says it may have to stop exporting the expensive delicacy 4 for the first time in a century.
Officials blame bad weather, and pollution for the dwindling numbers of sturgeon - the fish whose eggs produce one of the world's priciest gourmet 2 treats.
Russian fishermen on the Volga River catch around 20% of the world's black caviar, tearing it out of the bellies 5 of giant sturgeon, a species as old as the dinosaurs 6.
But this year, fewer fish are coming into the Volga delta 7 from the Caspian Sea to spawn 8.
美食家们今年将不得不为黑鱼子酱花更多的钱－－如果他们能找到的话。
俄国说它在本世纪以来可能第一次停止出口这种昂贵的美味。
俄国官员们抱怨说恶劣的天气、污染是鲟鱼数量减少的原因－－它的卵是世界上最昂贵的美味之一。
俄国伏尔加河上的鱼民们提供世界上百分之二十的黑鱼子酱，他们从鲟鱼这种象恐龙一样古老的鱼种的肚子里将鱼子挤出。
但今年，从里海来伏尔加河产卵的鱼群数量减少了
- The number of wild animals on the earth is dwindling. 地球上野生动物的数量正日渐减少。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He is struggling to come to terms with his dwindling authority. 他正努力适应自己权力被削弱这一局面。 来自辞典例句
- What does a gourmet writer do? 美食评论家做什么？
- A gourmet like him always eats in expensive restaurants.像他这样的美食家总是到豪华的餐馆用餐。
- The food here satisfies gourmands rather than gourmets. 这里的食物可以管饱却不讲究品质。
- Here is another example: "Western gourmets are sold on Peking Duck." 这里再举一个例子：“西方美食家已对北京烤鸭极有兴趣。”
- We admired the delicacy of the craftsmanship.我们佩服工艺师精巧的手艺。
- He sensed the delicacy of the situation.他感觉到了形势的微妙。
- They crawled along on their bellies. 他们匍匐前进。
- starving children with huge distended bellies 鼓着浮肿肚子的挨饿儿童
- The brontosaurus was one of the largest of all dinosaurs. 雷龙是所有恐龙中最大的一种。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years. 恐龙绝种已有几百万年了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He has been to the delta of the Nile.他曾去过尼罗河三角洲。
- The Nile divides at its mouth and forms a delta.尼罗河在河口分岔，形成了一个三角洲。